Carreg Lafar was formed in 1993, in Cardiff, by musicians coming from different parts of Wales: Wrexham in the North, Llanelli and Swansea on the…
Artist Profiles: Carreg Lafar
Author: Angel Romero
Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.
Artist Profiles: Calum MacKinnon
Calum is from the island of Tiree in the Hebrides. He started learning the fiddle at an early age, from a neighbor, Willie Kemp, who…
Artist Profiles: Calexico
Calexico is an influential band that plays border music, a mix of Tex-Mex and southwestern music, country and rock. Although the band founders, Joey Burns…
Flamenco Festival La Isla Ciudad Flamenca Announces 2017 Program
La Isla Ciudad Flamenca festival will celebrate its fourth edition July 21 to August 31, 2017 in San Fernando (Cádiz), in southern Spain. The annual…
Reggae on the River Reveals 2017 Program
Reggae on the River has announced the lineup of the 2017 edition of the festival. The event will take place August 3-6 at French’s Camp…
Artist Profiles: Burhan Öçal
Turkish music specialist Burhan Öçal has made the bridging of musical cultures his central mission. A native of Kirklareli, near Istanbul, he grew up in…
Afro-Folk Artist Naomi Wachira Releases Song of Lament
Kenyan Afro-Folk singer-songwriter Naomi Wachira has a new album titled Song of Lament that addresses injustice and the refugee crisis. Although news stories made her…
La Mar de Músicas 2017 to Celebrate the Sounds of Latin America
La Mar de Músicas, the significant world music and rock festival in Cartagena (southeastern Spain), will celebrate the traditional, cutting-edge and mestizo sounds of Latin…
Strange Fruit Expressions
Fabrizio Cassol – Strange Fruit (Outhere Music/Instinct Collection, 2017) Strange Fruit is a cross-genre project developed by Belgian saxophonist and composer Fabrizio Cassol, who has…
Artist Profiles: Bora Yasar
Bora Yasar was born in 1973 in Gaziantep, Turkey. He studied Alevi music and played saz for a semah group. He studied and applied classical…